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Hello,

 

I am new to the forum.  I would like to find a company that can help create and design a finished prototype for a new spin on consumer electronics.  It is basically using already existing technology (cd player, tuner, speakers, inputs, etc) but in a totally new form.  Having trouble findoing someone that can help with a finished prototype.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

 

Chad

fit4lyf

how much are you willing to pay for a finished prototype. you can probably do a lot of the work yourself, make 3d models on a computer, artistic sketches. consumer electronic prototyping is not cheap.
you`ll probably need an industrial designer, mechanical designer, and possibly and electrical engineer or technician. i`ve done this type of prototyping before and even taking existing technology and putting it in a new form is not `easy`.

good luck though.


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The normal way to do this is to divide the process into two major stages.
Lets say you`re making a TV remote.

Stage One:  lay out the electronics on a board to prove out the concept. You are basically proving to everyone that the electrons will do what you say they will. You point this huge mass of wires at a tv, and the tv changes channels. Yeah!.  You then ask the electrical engineers "how small can we make this ?"

Stage Two: Design the exterior of the remote using the above info. You can make a look-like, feels-like prototype, but a true running version is usually too difficult.